Monday, November 29, 2010

Hey Hey Hey!! Are you having fun hopping along with the Karen's Doodles Team today?

Our challenge for you is an easy one this week - I know we all love sketches, so let's get to it!

Here's the card that I've made using our sketch and one of the new Holiday images from Karen's Doodles - this is Carolers, they are so cute!

and here's the sketch for you to use

Karen's Doodles is hosting a blog hop today along with our weekly challenge. Visit each team member's blog and collect the letters. Once you get all the letters, unscramble them to reveal the 2 word phrase; return to the Challenge blogand leave a comment with the answer. A grand prize winner of a $20 gift certificate will be chosen from all the correct answers, in addition to our 3 weekly challenge winners. We will also be awarding random prizes of digi images chosen from the people who comment on each member's blog. If you arrived here from Anne,you are on the right track. If not, start at the Challenge blogfor a list of the DT members in hop order.

Here's my letter:

From here you'll want to head over to Dorte'sblog for a visit - don't forget to comment!

Here's my gift - which is actually a gift card holder made from a espresso stand coffee cozy! It comes complete with a gift card so that the giftee can enjoy a yummy coffee! These are so fun to make, and I have to thank my Mom for sharing the idea recently at our annual Crafty Girls Weekend at the beach. We all had a great time making these (and lots of other crafts) and I am looking forward to gifting this very soon!

I hope you get a chance to play along with the Stamptacular gals this week! There are some really great gifts on display, you should visit the team and see what they all have to share if you have time.

Thanks for stopping by and leave a comment if you love what you see - I love your comments and they all make me smile :O)

I'd like to bring special attention to a very important Meljen's Designs release!
Melissa - the heart and soul behind Meljen's Designs - lost her Dad, Keith Smith, one year ago today. Melissa we are all so very sorry for your loss! In honor of her Dad, who was an avid fisherman, she has created a special set of images to share with you.
These are just so cute and fun! Each of these new, special images can be purchased in the Meljen's shop at Whimsy Stamps.

Please take a moment today to hug your loved ones, remember those that have passed and treasure those that are with us. Life is short and time passes so quickly!

The Meljen's Design team has created some amazing cards to share with you using this special release - some have been posted on the challenge blog today, most are on the DT members blogs and more will be posted on Thursday with the new challenge. I hope you get a chance to visit the team and leave them some love.

Melissa is offering up a Freebie of the FISHER MOOSE as a prize in 2 contests - there will be a Facebook announcement later today and there is an announcement on the challenge blog now. If you leave a comment on Facebook and/or the challenge blog sharing a memory of a loved one, you will be entered in a random drawing. If you comment on both Facebook and the blog, you have 2 chances to win!
Good Luck!!

This challenge is harder than it sounds!! I really wanted to do a bright red ribbon and some red rhinestones... and I wanted to highlight the embossing by coloring some of those ornaments... but, I like this card, it really makes Bigsby stand out and the card really is all about him, isn't it?

For this weeks challenge you will choose ONE of the projects created this week by ONE of the Stamptacular Design Team members and create a card or project using it as your inspiration! Please be sure to mention which DT member inspired you in your post and why! …Oh, and don’t forget to STAMP! Afterall, we don’t call this STAMPtacular Sunday for nothing!

For my project, I've done a card with some new (new-to-me) folds and a new ribbon tie idea that I found while surfing the blogosphere.

I've also used a couple of Meljen's Designs images because they are sponsoring Stamptacular Sunday this week! You've got a chance to win 4 free digital images if you play along!

Or, you could win an adorable Magnolia stamp from our very own teammate, Marianne!

So, come on, play along with us! I'd love to see if you chose me for your inspiration!!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Meljen's Designs is sponsoring the awesome Crafty Creations challenge blog this week and a few of the Meljen's Design Team were invited to join in as Guest Designers!

What a THRILL to be able to join these talented girls and showcase Melissa's beautiful images!

In addition to myself, my good buddy Jess is a guest this week and my new friend, Melissa is part of the oh-so-talented Crafty Creations Design Team! Go check them out!

The challenge theme is Fables and Fairy Tales - which really couldn't be a be a better theme for Meljen's! There are SO many super cute images that could be used for this challenge!

I've chosen Woodland Fairy and I've dressed her up in Cinderella style, since she is my little Princess' favorite! Also thinking of my sweet Emily, I've used a whole sheet of glittery paper! Yes, I gave this card to her and she loves it! "It's beeeeeeeeautiful, Mommy!"

I hope you can play along at Crafty Creations this week - and if you use a Meljen's Designs image, we'd love to see it!! I'll be checking in to see your entries! If you don't have any Meljen's Designs yet - PLAY ALONG!! You could win FOUR free images!

Monday, November 1, 2010

Our challenge for you this week is to Give Thanks! This could be a Thanksgiving card, for those of us that celebrate Thanksgiving, or you could create a card showing something that you are thankful for.

I've created a card to send to a friend, as I am always so thankful for all the wonderful friends that I have in my life! (I'm also thankful for my i-Rock, which is just awesome! LOL!) And, I'm thankful for Karen's Doodles as well, it's so easy to create with such fun images!

Image: Ballerina Doggie

Also, we have an announcement regarding the Kids challenge blog. With school back in swing and sports and other activities taking up so much of our little ones time, we have decided to put the Kids challenge blog on hiatus for the school year. We welcome any kid creations to be posted along with adult creations on our challenge blog at any time! The Kids Design Team will be back to inspire everyone in a few months.